Mr. Guan Jian
Partner, Foreign Legal Consultant
Watson Farley & Williams
Guan Jian has over a decade of legal experience in China and internationally, specialising in shipping law. He handles both transactional and contentious matters, with a strong track record in financing transactions in the maritime and offshore energy sectors.
Guan Jian has worked in both private practice and in-house roles. Before joining WFW, he was a senior legal counsel at ICBC Leasing and China Merchants Commerce Financial Leasing, where he also served on the credit committee. He has dealt with a variety of high-profile and complex international shipping and offshore transactions, as well as cross-border restructuring and enforcement work. He also has experience in litigation and arbitration in China, Hong Kong, and London, having worked at a leading maritime law firm in China.
Guan Jian is recognised as a leading practitioner by Chambers Greater China and Legal 500 Asia Pacific. Chambers praises him as “a very professional lawyer who can easily understand the commercial logic.” Legal 500 commends him as “responsible” and “will do his best to protect the interests of clients” in its 2024 edition.
He is qualified in China and speaks Mandarin, Cantonese, and English.
